The Mountains Beyond Mountains Learning Community
Institutional Student Learning Outcomes At the end of an A.A. degree or transfer-oriented program, students should have the following abilities: ISLO #1 Effective Communication: The ability of students to write, read, speak, and listen in order to communicate effectively. ISLO #2 Quantitative Skills: The ability of the students to perform quantitative analysis, using appropriate resources ISLO #3 Critical Thinking: The ability of the students to analyze information, reason critically and creatively, and formulate ideas/concepts carefully and logically from multiple perspectives and across disciplines. ISLO #4 Social Awareness and Diversity: The ability of students to recognize cultural traditions and understand and appreciate the diversity of the human experience, past and present ISLO #5 Ethical Responsibility: The ability of students to make, with respect to individual conduct, judgments based on a system of values.
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The Mountains Beyond Mountains Students enrolled in any of the classes in this learning community will consider the work of Dr. Paul Farmer, an unconventional and idealistic man determined to grapple with the seemingly insoluble problems of health in poor countries, as described in Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Mountains Beyond Mountains. From the perspectives of various disciplines, the classes will explore, during regular class hours, the complex economic, medical, political, sociological, and moral issues that suggest global health deserves our attention. Participating Classes Mach, J Martin, T Brown, M Heyman, J Harrison, B Miller, A Musgrave, D Scholnick, E |
FRIDAY FORUM SCHEDULE
February 8--Faculty Lectures March 14--Faculty Lectures April 23--Guest Speaker, Stephen Bezruchka May 16--Student Forum Project May 23--Student Forum Project
Guest Speaker, April 23rd: Stephen Bezruchka Stephen Bezruchka teaches at the University of Washington and works as an emergency room physician in Seattle. Much of his research focuses on the influence of social factors and social hierarchies on health and mortality rates. He has written numerous articles and essays. His most recent contribution is to Sickness and Wealth, a collection of essays on the effects of global corporatization on health. |
